Saraya aqaba resort construction of pumping station 2016
Location: AQABA, JORDAN
Client: Eagle Hills
Main Contractor: Jv- consolidated contractors group s.a.l (offshore)/ arabtec construction l.l.c/drake and skull construction co. l.l.c- drake and skull engineering co.l.l.c
Consultant:
Consolidated consultants- turner international middle east ltd
Design and installation of temporary shoring using soldier piling system supported with 3 layers structure steel bracing system to allow excavation to bottom of foundation level at -7.5m at a sensitive area and casting of reinfocre concrete pumping station surrounded by adjacent hotel from one side and the royal palace from the other side
Dewatering system using deep wells, bottom layer of well point system in addition to a trenching system system was selected carefully to avoid and settlement in surrounding structures
Foundations and walls thickness were carefully designed to withstand the uplift forces and minimum crack theory
Waterproofing system was selected and applied on the outer walls sides and internal side
Roofing system was made of precast pre-stressed beams and slabs
MEP and finishing works
Location of the structure and accessibility was challenging and pump house civil works including shoring and excavations were successfully completed in 75 days